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The Legislature is in its final days and many bills concerning environmental protection from nitrogen and other nutrient “pollutants” seem sidelined for this year. Few bills confronted the real issue: preventing nitrogen and other nutrients from entering groundwater and the aquifer.

Perhaps they are being put off until they can be debated more fully next year, or there is a legislative “surprise” yet to come. These issues are important and deserve careful consideration. Most remaining bills deal more with reorganizing bureaucracies and requiring reports.

Recently, electricity ratepayers received a huge gift from the Supreme Court of the United States. The justices voted to issue a stay halting the implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan (CPP).

Recently, there has been discussion of legislation filed during Florida’s 2015 General Session that, at its core, protects property rights, particularly the rights that accompany easement arrangements. Property rights issues like this one can often seem complicated, but protecting them should be a top priority for Floridians.